How intent on reaching their destination seemed most of the pedestrians as the clouds overhead betokened that the fine weather of the past few days was about to culminate in a storm. Walking along the Victoria Embankment hoping to catch the tramcar to...
How intent on reaching their destination seemed most of the pedestrians as the clouds overhead betokened that the fine weather of the past few days was about to culminate in a storm. Walking along the Victoria Embankment hoping to catch the tramcar to bear me to my house, I saw on one of the seats close to Westminster Bridge, half-hidden from the roadway by the stone-work that forms part of the steam-boat pier, a girl who evidently shrank from the notice of the crowd.